SEA OTTER


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A mother sea otter with their baby.

Sea Otters eat, mate, give birth, sleep and hunt in the water! Often when mate; the male often bites the female otter Sea otters have more than one cell so that they can reproduce. Sea others usually mate in rough waters.

Sea otters territory
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The sea otters range has grown smaller and smaller
Scientific Classifiucation
Kingdom:
Animalia (Animal)
Phylum:
chordata (has a spinal cord)
Subphylum:
vertebrata (has a backbone)
Class:
mammalia (is a mammal)
Order:
carnivora (eats meat)
Family:
mustelidae (otters, badgers,weasels, martensa and wolverines)
Subfamily:
lutrinae
Genus:
enhydra
Species:
enhydra lutris






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Sea otters get their food by diving under water, collect a couple mussels, resufacing, break the shell then takes the meat inside the clam. (see video up) Sea otters also eat sea urchins, crabs, squid, octopuses, and fish. Sea Otters use there teeth to break shells. They also use rocks as a tool.


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